Underwriting
Allianz Grabs Two U.K. Insurance Businesses for $1 Billion Price Tag
Allianz SE agreed to buy two insurance businesses in the U.K. in deals valued at a combined $1 billion, transforming the firm into the second-biggest general insurer in the country. The ...
How to Make It Personal: Online Sales in Insurance
Insurers are realizing the increasing need for a more impactful and tailored approach to their online sales process. A brochure-website doesn't cut it anymore, as customers are expecting to encounter ...
The Latest Launches From Duck Creek Technologies/Roost, International Marine Underwriters and At-Bay
Duck Creek Technologies will offer Roost's telematics technology to its claims management software users. International Marine Underwriters beefed up its ocean cargo policy with new coverages and a ...
Brexit Uncertainties Trigger Sharp Drop in European Business Confidence
Uncertainty over Britain's departure from the European Union has triggered a sharp drop in business confidence in Europe over the past six months, a survey showed on Thursday. Only 50% of European ...
A Record? 500 U.S. Tornadoes in 30 Days
The U.S. has been rocked by 500 tornadoes in the past 30 days with a trapped jet stream in the atmosphere "stuck in neutral," the U.S. Storm Prediction Center said. In the past seven decades, only ...
Argo Group Annual Meeting Voters Endorse Company Board, but Challenge Executive Pay
Argo Group International Holdings ended up having a fairly routine annual meeting on May 24, after spending months fending off accusations of excessive spending and other abuses from an activist ...
U.S. Personal Lines Is on an Upswing, Driven by Auto Insurance Gains
U.S. personal lines insurance saw strong premium growth of 8 percent in 2018. What's more, the sector's statutory combined ratio of 99 for 2018 represented the market's best results since 2013, ...
Brexit Crisis Worsens: May Resigns and Johnson Pursues Party Leadership
Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit after failing to deliver Brexit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break ...